Aaron Rodgers last year put his name, reputation and (at least figuratively) money behind his belief that his friend Ryan Braun was not a performance-enhancing drug user. On Friday, the Packers’ quarterback broke his silence on the topic and admitted that it “doesn’t feel great being lied to” by the now-suspended Brewers star.

"I was shocked, I really was, just like many of you were," Rodgers told a mob of reporters in front of his locker at the Packers’ training camp, according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. "I was backing up a friend. He looked me in the eye on multiple occasions and repeatedly denied these allegations and said they were not true.

"So, it is disappointing, not only for myself as a friend, but for obviously Wisconsin sports fans, Brewer fans, really baseball fans. It doesn't feel great being lied to like that and I'm disappointed in the way it all went down."

In February 2012, Rodgers had aggressively defended Braun after an arbitrator overturned a positive test and Braun insisted he had never taken any illegal substances. One Rodgers tweet, in which he claimed he would “put my salary next year” on Braun being clean, has come back to haunt him since Braun’s punishment.

Rodgers told reporters that he had spoken to Braun since the suspension—and that he was not sure they would remain in business together. The pair had opened a restaurant, 8-Twelve MVP Bar and Grill, in May in suburban Milwaukee.

"That's yet to be determined," Rodgers said. "I don't regret backing a friend up. Obviously in hindsight a more measured approach would obviously be a better course of action. I definitely believe in forgiveness and moving forward. He has a tough task in front of him moving forward with his career, on and off the field.

"As far as the business goes, right now I'm focused on football and I have people who can help me with those issues."

When asked if he still considered Braun a friend, Rodgers would only say, "I was disappointed in the way it went down ... I trusted him. That's the thing that probably hurts the most."

Rodgers apparently did not address settling his Twitter “bet” with fan Todd Sutton before a team representative told reporters to change the subject.